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Re: The True North Strong and... Free?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:14:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote:
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I almost never post here in .debate, but I was wondering what Canadians think
about the publication ban on
testimony from the Adscam trial, and the subsequent breach of the ban by an
American
blogger.
It’s very strange to me, as an American, to read things like
this: “The Liberal request repeats key elements of Mr. Brault’s testimony,
which cannot be reported.”
Marc Nelson Jr.
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Yeah, government is pretty stupid at times--trying to prevent publication of
gov’t stupidity is like trying to unring a bell.
This reminds me of the ‘publication ban’ during the Paul Bernardo trial--any
American station airing any news on that trial was ‘preempted’. Of course, this
only worked from cable stations, and I’m amazed that American television
stations put up with having their cable feeds selectively ‘banned’ in Canada.
Of course, if you still had a television arial, or a satellite dish, you could
watch the American feed of the trial, so what good was the ban anyway?
In this day and age with the global information structure that we have, trying
to ban anything in one country is sheer stupidity.
A tangent--
I’m told that there’s a filmmaker in LA that’s sterting to make a film based on
Paul Bernardo’s life and what he did. I personally don’t think that it’s a good
thing. However, I don’t think that the Canadian gov’t should try to stop the
production of said movie. I will ‘protest’ by not watching this movie, and
letting anyone who will listen thatthey shouldn’t watch it either.
But I’ll not enforce my opinion of what is right or wrong on others. I think
that the families involved in that willful horror have suffered enough and that
making this movie does nothing for anybody, except make money for the producers.
But we live in countries where people have the right to do stupid things.
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| I almost never post here in .debate, but I was wondering what Canadians think about the (URL) publication ban> on testimony from the Adscam trial, and the subsequent breach of the ban by an (URL) American blogger>. It's very strange to me, as an (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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